On January 20 2008 Macon Redden of Tyler TX. was sitting at a stop light at the intersection of Gentry and Palace when his vehicle was struck from behind by a drunk driver.
Redden told police that he saw the Chevy pickup approaching his vehicle at a high rate of speed and that it did not appear to be slowing. Redden took his foot off of the brake pedal anticipating the crash.
Reddens mother was a passenger in the vehicle as well. They were both taken to the hospital.
37-year-old Alejandro Rivera Rodriguez was arrested for driving while intoxicated.
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